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president obama's budget does that according to his numbers. to me enge the amount matters in 10 years but what i care more about is what trajectory we're on. if we're at $6 trillion but haven't done work on entitlements, i think we're worse off than if we have $4 trillion and have reforms kick in. >> the president's budget doesn't meet my standard. the opped they have budget horizon is a hockey stick and the trajectory is wrong. he hasn't gone far enough. agry, we need to address -- he's fallen short on spending. he's got it on revenue. we need more on spending to get that trajectory at least stable to move south as we move into the second 10 years of the budget horizon. >> to follow up, i agree we should by thinking about the long-term issues, i just expect them to come up with a short-term or medium term and a long-term real solution all at once i think is just way too much. for any realistic expectation. absolutely they should adjust the issues, think about them, reform, experiment but i hate to have the economy right now, the economy over
president obama's budget does that according to his numbers. to me enge the amount matters in 10 years but what i care more about is what trajectory we're on. if we're at $6 trillion but haven't done work on entitlements, i think we're worse off than if we have $4 trillion and have reforms kick in. >> the president's budget doesn't meet my standard. the opped they have budget horizon is a hockey stick and the trajectory is wrong. he hasn't gone far enough. agry, we need to address -- he's...
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the obama administration has made it clear they want to prevent them. israel has made it even clearer they want to prevent them from getting it, it is certain amount of nuclear weapons debilities. i think it wrong perceives it is risky to try to get -- iran perceives it is risky to get a nuclear weapon at this time. they would have had one by now if it had not been for the actions of the international community. if they are deterred now, will they be in the future? one of the worries we have is that if it is easy for them to make, a bomb, they will be more likely to make the decision to do it. there have been other cases with no weapons, where they had beaten and technical ability, the political decision to do so was a lot -- where they had the technical ability, the political decision to do so was a lot easier. their nuclear capabilities are growing so fast that perhaps in 2014, they will actually have secret capability and it could produce weapons-grade uranium and we will not even know what happened until they choose to rivulet. -- reveal it. the man
the obama administration has made it clear they want to prevent them. israel has made it even clearer they want to prevent them from getting it, it is certain amount of nuclear weapons debilities. i think it wrong perceives it is risky to try to get -- iran perceives it is risky to get a nuclear weapon at this time. they would have had one by now if it had not been for the actions of the international community. if they are deterred now, will they be in the future? one of the worries we have is...
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the obama administration, obama during the campaign has been open about his desire to try to engage iran bilaterally. it is often portrayed as a last ditch effort at diplomacy before you have to resort to other options. with a bilateral negotiation, were that to ever come about, give the u.s. an opportunity to engage on human rights issues? the general policy has been the u.s. wants to keep it limited to large control but is that proper or would there be an opportunity, a window for the u.s. to engage with iran on these issues? >> there has always been a conceptual dispute. there is a group that suggests that the agenda should be kept narrow because otherwise, it gives the iranians the opportunity to divert and talk about afghanistan or by iran or syria. they say the agenda has to remain narrow as a means of focusing issue on our principal concern which is proliferation. the second school of thought suggests if the agenda is broader, perhaps you can have agreements on other issues that would mitigate the agreements on the nuclear issue. that particular concept has never been resolved. wh
the obama administration, obama during the campaign has been open about his desire to try to engage iran bilaterally. it is often portrayed as a last ditch effort at diplomacy before you have to resort to other options. with a bilateral negotiation, were that to ever come about, give the u.s. an opportunity to engage on human rights issues? the general policy has been the u.s. wants to keep it limited to large control but is that proper or would there be an opportunity, a window for the u.s. to...
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was a major obama fundraiser. we are live back on capitol hill waiting to hear from house speaker john boehner and his weekly briefing. the speaker today was one of the leaders set to meet with treasury secretary tim geithner up on capitol hill today to talk about the fiscal cliff negotiation. we'll be hearing from the speaker shortly. the house gavels back in at noon eastern with just one bill on the agenda today. that's a bill that is a new visa proposal for foreign students earning advanced degrees in science, engineering, and math in the u.s. that's coming up at noon. and back at the white house, the president is having lunch with his former rival, mitt romnifment they are having a private lunch at the white house and also today the briefing at the white house with jay carney. that will get under way at about 12:30 eastern. we'll have that at c-span.org. there's also word today that the congressional organizers of the presidential unanimous consent racial have announced today that the theme of the festivities
was a major obama fundraiser. we are live back on capitol hill waiting to hear from house speaker john boehner and his weekly briefing. the speaker today was one of the leaders set to meet with treasury secretary tim geithner up on capitol hill today to talk about the fiscal cliff negotiation. we'll be hearing from the speaker shortly. the house gavels back in at noon eastern with just one bill on the agenda today. that's a bill that is a new visa proposal for foreign students earning advanced...
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obama does care. he calls it obamacare because the republicans thought they could use it as an insult but it's actually a badge of honor. the affordable care act is estimated already with the bill we passed is estimated to save about $500 billion over the next 10 years. ms. jackson lee: that's right. mr. ellison: they say we only got to reform medicare. you know, there may be reforms to medicare that are important to do, but we already started that process with the affordable care act by reducing extra subsidies paid to medicare advantage plans. they said they were going to do it for cheaper. they did it for more. now we're saying, we are going to hold you to your word. and we used that -- closed the doughnut hole. also, reductions in the rate of growth and provider payments and efforts to make sure that medicare programs were more efficient and to reduce waste, fraud and abuse. so medicare will be reformed as we reform health care. as we move away from this fee for service, thch for this test, much f
obama does care. he calls it obamacare because the republicans thought they could use it as an insult but it's actually a badge of honor. the affordable care act is estimated already with the bill we passed is estimated to save about $500 billion over the next 10 years. ms. jackson lee: that's right. mr. ellison: they say we only got to reform medicare. you know, there may be reforms to medicare that are important to do, but we already started that process with the affordable care act by...
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would that destroy president obama's green energy plan? i don't think so. what if food stamps instead of going up 136% just went up 130% instead. can you really say that that is an attack on folks who are getting food stamps? or can you say that when the american people increase food nutrition spending by 130%, we are actually making a pretty good faith effort to make sure folks are taken care of? mr. speaker, we see it time and time again. 30%, 40%, 50%, 59%, 46%, 62%. we are not talking about destroying federal government programs. we are talking about curbing double-digit increases that have gone on over the past 10 years. triple digit increases in so many cases. that brings us to this balanced approach we keep hearing about, mr. speaker. i hear the president say balanced approach over an over again. i just have not seen him yet do balanced approach. we saw his proposals, it came out yesterday. he wanted to raise taxes by $1.6 trillion. he wanted to increase spending on a variety of programs. he thought he could find $400 billion in reduction. not today,
would that destroy president obama's green energy plan? i don't think so. what if food stamps instead of going up 136% just went up 130% instead. can you really say that that is an attack on folks who are getting food stamps? or can you say that when the american people increase food nutrition spending by 130%, we are actually making a pretty good faith effort to make sure folks are taken care of? mr. speaker, we see it time and time again. 30%, 40%, 50%, 59%, 46%, 62%. we are not talking about...
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a closed-door briefing earlier today to outline the proposal of president obama for the so- called fiscal cliff. what is the proposal? >> the top line #would be about $2.20 trillion in the budget control act. and they say compared to what the white house put out, the white house says it offers $4 trillion when using the same accounting as the white house, it would be about $4.60 trillion over 10 years. republicans say it would come from tax reform, but not to increasing tax rates. that has been a sticking point thus far in negotiations. >> you are talking about the bush tax rates? >> all of the bush era tax rates would be extended into next year and that would start the process for tax reform. it would be in the tax reform process that there would generate -- and they would generate $800 million -- $800 billion in revenue. and they say the $800 billion could be raised without raising tax rates, and this is something that is in dispute with the white house. the white house said there would be no deal unless republicans agreed to increase tax rates on the wall the next year. >> what do the
a closed-door briefing earlier today to outline the proposal of president obama for the so- called fiscal cliff. what is the proposal? >> the top line #would be about $2.20 trillion in the budget control act. and they say compared to what the white house put out, the white house says it offers $4 trillion when using the same accounting as the white house, it would be about $4.60 trillion over 10 years. republicans say it would come from tax reform, but not to increasing tax rates. that...
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president obama's legislation to extend the middle class tax cut has already been passed by the senate and now depends on us. we should embrace this opportunity to vote on something we can agree on and bring this legislation to the floor. i have already signed this petition. i urge all my colleagues to come down to the house floor right now even sign this discharge petition, bring this to the floor, let's give the american people a real holiday present. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for one minute. mr. cicilline: last month the american people went to the polls and delivered congress a resounding message that republicans and democrats should be working together to solve their nation's problems. although our constituents have made it clear that the time for partisan games is over, and despite overwhelmi
president obama's legislation to extend the middle class tax cut has already been passed by the senate and now depends on us. we should embrace this opportunity to vote on something we can agree on and bring this legislation to the floor. i have already signed this petition. i urge all my colleagues to come down to the house floor right now even sign this discharge petition, bring this to the floor, let's give the american people a real holiday present. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the...